The one guide you'll need to know about the openings coming your way in the week ahead. This week, The Crusting Pipe is reborn as a new bar, Coppa Club takes up a prime riverside space and a new matcha bar arrives in Soho.
Mr Fogg's Market Tavern
Covent Garden - 27 The Market, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8RD
We've seen a few Mr Fogg's bars opening in town over the last few years, but this one is particularly interesting as it takes over a real site of note. This used to be The Crusting Pipe, a Covent Garden mainstay for over 45 years before closing rather quietly at the beginning of the year. Now Mr Fogg's have taken it over and given it the brush-up that it's probably needed for a while now, while also adding a "Guinness Saloon". It may be just what's required to bring a bit of life back into this part of Covent Garden.
Opening date: 20 July 2026
Coppa Club
London Bridge - 2 More London Place, London SE1 2JP
The Coppa Club have a few locations in London, but this opening is set to be their flagship opening. Set just beside the river in London Bridge, it'll have great panoramic views of the Thames from a wraparound terrace. The menu goes for the same approach as their other restaurants, so you can expect a Mediterranean affair with dishes like a sesame-seared steak bowl or dukkah-crusted pressed pork for dinner.
Opening date: 23 July 2026
Tasca
Shoreditch - 44 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QP
The next residency for the popular Tasca arrives this week, continuing their focus on Spanish and Portuguese cuisine. Chef Josh Dallaway and Sommelier Sinead Murdoch's residency takes over Shoreditch cafe Project 44 with a new menu that includes dishes like Dexter beef tartare, dressed al pilpil with monkfish cheeks, paired with a new Mediterranean wine list.
Opening date: From 22 July 2026
Tokkia
Soho - 40 Berwick St, London W1F 8RX
Tokkia is a matcha house with a difference, as it's a luxury Korean matcha cafe and one that proved to be very popular when it originally opened in Covent Garden late last year. This follow-up in Soho should follow the same template as that, with an elevated take on matcha as well as lots of baked goods, led by their very popular freshly baked salt bread.
Opening date: 23 July 2026
Here's what opened last week
Bar Blondie (Queen's Park) - Milk Beach became a new Queen's Park wine bar
Hon's BBQ (Hackney) - Texas BBQ meets East Asian flavours.
Cup of Joy (Marylebone) - Popular Istanbul cafe arrived in London
Miokuru (Soho) - Japanese handrolls, this time with a local produce focus.
Stubby's (Parsons Green) - Aussie-inspired sandwiches.
Ebi Wines (Clerkenwell) - Smart new Clerkenwell wine bar
Casual by Tayēr (Covent Garden) - The Tayer + Elementary team set up a 6-week pop-up.
This week's events
21-25 July (Fitzrovia) - Carousel welcomes Madrid's Bib Gourmand restaurant Manifesto 13 for a five-day residency led by chef Danitza Alpaca. Expect a menu blending Peruvian and Italian influences with dishes including wagyu anticucho, oyster with yuzu gazpacho and duck with northern-style seco.
24-26 July (Stratford) - London Wing Fest returns to the London Stadium for three days of chicken wings, live music and fiery competition. Expect 50 traders serving up 500,000 wings as they battle it out for the festival's top awards, alongside eating contests, BBQ demos, axe throwing and the infamous Lava Wing Challenge. Tickets start from £33.
25 July (King's Cross) - Wine Car Boot returns to Coal Drops Yard for its latest festival-style wine tasting event, bringing together independent producers and importers day of discovering and buying wine direct from the makers. Expect plenty of summer pours, food and music in a laid-back setting.
25 July (Somerset House) - Spring's Shared Table supper series returns with an evening celebrating the Slow Food movement. Hosted by culinary director Eleanor Henson and Slow Food UK chair Shane Holland, the event features a three-course seasonal menu showcasing produce from Heckfield Home Farm and Fern Verrow. Tickets are £95, including a welcome drink.
26 July (Bloomsbury) - The Zetter Bloomsbury launches its new Garden Grill series with a one-day barbecue hosted by Lewis de Haas, executive chef of Crispin and Bistro Freddie. Expect a live-fire menu celebrating seasonal British produce, with optional PATRÓN tequila cocktail pairings. Tickets start at £40.
26 July (South Bank) - Lyaness is teaming up with East London coffee favourite Batch Baby for a one-day Sunday Lyan takeover exploring the crossover between coffee and cocktails. Expect inventive serves including frozen banana iced coffee slushies, horchata cocktails and drinks featuring cascara, tepache and green coffee beans.
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